I'd think, even without a convention bureau, that a good way to go about getting good deals would be to talk to more than one hotel.

I've already got proposals from two, one complete, one awaiting one piece of information. I'm going to start nudging a third (the Ramada) momentarily.

I can't speak for Susan or Aimee, but while it wouldn't occur to me to talk to ten hotels unless the first nine were flatly unsuitable, I certainly wouldn't talk to only one, either.

For Vegas, I plan on sending it to the Vegas Convention people and let them do the footwork.

Did we ever get the breakdown of monies spent in NOLA from Drew? I know he's been a slacker soooper busy.

::muttermutter::freakingroadies::muttermutter::

HEY! Do not diss the roadies, for they think your eight thousand dollar PRS Private Stock guitar is crunchy, and good with sea salt.

IOW, better to piss off the dragon. But in this instance, it isn't the roadies you're talkin' about, bebe. It's the tour management staff.

Um, yeah, we spent money.

Lemme pull all the crap from the hotel and see what I can get up here.

ND, speaking just from here, I don't really need it, unless I'm missing something. Because SF's costs are not likely to be the same as any other city's costs. So I'm-a gonna go by what the hotels can cut me, and use that as my reality check.

I was just wanting it to update the IFB thingie for the Vegas convention people.

I WANT A DETAILED ACCOUNTING AND HOW EACH PENNY WAS SPENT!!!!! NOW NOW NOW!!!

I don't think our point people have the time or energy to get proposals from more than 2 or 3 hotels.

And I find the idea of reading 6-9 proposals before voting on what city I'd like to go to next May daunting.

That's clearly just me, and I will say no more about it.

And I find the idea of reading 6-9 proposals before voting on what city I'd like to go to next May daunting.

I don't blame you in the least. It is daunting.

But - why do you have to? If each proposal has a single line at the end with a rough per-guest cost average, that should take a lot of the ouch out of nine proposals.

I'm Doblerizing, I know. Apologies for that.

I just wanted to let everyone know that Debet is starting grad classes tomorrow, and she probably didn't even get home to Baltimore until extremely late last night. I doubt she's even had time to catch up in thread yet, so I suspect that a delayed response is a bit unavoidable right now. I'm sure she'll join the conversation soon. I just started becoming concerned that she's going to feel inundated when she does catch up.

My guess is that she'll clarify as soon as she's on her feet in school.

DEBET! (whistling with two fingers in mouth)

Aint no kerfuffle, cutie. This is purely discussion - any attempt to kerfuffle will be sat upon and stifled, a la Desdemona.

Because to be truthful, Kristin, I'm on the edge of a timing volcano myself: I'm 3/4 done with new book, and St. Martins wants one with 55K words left to write by 15 November, and somewhere in the middle of that, I need to go out on the road and promote one that's coming out in mid-October.

So I'm all in favour of Doblerising. My main aim right now is to get what's needed and/or wanted, and get it down, and pass it along.

My question on the when of the voteness remains, though. I'd like to have some ammo in my pocket when talking to hotels.